Definitions of the Telecommunication indicators used in the EUROSTAT telecommunications inquiry (Revision: 22.11.

2007)
Operators (number of operators) T701 Local operators Number of fixed network operators offering telecommunications in the local networks, facilities based or resale. The same operator offering also other services should be counted separately for each of the services specified. T702 National operators Number of fixed network operators offering national long distance telecommunications, facilities based or resale. T703 International operators Number of operators providing international telecommunication services. T704 Mobile network operators Number of mobile (except satellite) telecommunication operators, facilities based T7041 Mobile resale operators Number of mobile (except satellite) telecommunication operators, resale. T7042 UMTS operators Number of mobile telecommunication operators offering UMTS (Wideband CDMA) or comparable high-speed mobile networks (IMT-2000 (3G)) T705 Cable operators Number of cable service providers for interactive telecommunication (telephony, data services etc., not only TV), excluding pure programme distribution. T706 Internet Service Providers Number of providers of Internet services; access only (no backbone services). T707 Satellite operators Number of providers of satellite communication services (interactive communication, reception by satellite and transmission by satellite or telephone line)

Employment (person-years in Full Time Equivalents (FTE) and numbers T101 Number of employed persons (FTE) Average-of-the-year staff employed by telecommunication operators, facilities based or resale, and other telecommunication service providers, expressed in full-time equivalents. Part-time staff should be included in full-time equivalents. T1011 Number of employed persons Average-of-the-year staff employed by telecommunication operators, facilities based or resale, and other telecommunication service providers, expressed in absolute numbers, Part-time staff should be included.

Investment (Mio. National Currency) T201 Investment Total gross tangible investment for acquiring property (land or buildings) and plant (e.g. switching equipment, computer hardware and software, office machinery, motor vehicles). Intangible investment Acquisition of licences, patents, property rights and other intangible objects.

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Turnover (Mio. National Currency) T301 Total turnover This should exclude revenues from non-telecommunications services. Revenues (turnover) consist of earnings from telecommunications services during the financial year under review. Revenue sharing with the Internet Service Providers and other service providers should be included. Revenues from leased lines Revenues from the provision of leased lines (circuits). Revenues from fixed networks Revenues from the provision of national telecommunication services in the fixed networks, excluding leased lines. Revenues from mobile networks Revenues from the provision of cellular mobile telecommunications services. Revenues from interconnection services Revenues from the provision of interconnection services i.e. services provided by one telecommunications organisation to another for the purpose of the conveyance of messages and information between the two systems and including any auxiliary services not elsewhere specified. Revenues from provision of Internet services Revenues from the provision of Internet services (provision of access lines excluded). Revenues for external services Revenues collected for other service providers for goods and services they have provided, for instance tickets Revenues from roaming Revenues charged for roaming of other operators customers

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International receipts and payments (Mio. National currency) T401 Receipts of telecommunication services This should include income received from foreign telephone operators for completing calls originating in a foreign country. Payments of telecommunication services This include charges received from subscribers for placing outgoing calls after deduction of the share of this income to be paid to other organizations for outgoing telecommunications traffic (operators of the incoming and possibly transit countries.

T402

Calls (1000 minutes) T501 National calls Sum of local and national long distance calls T502 Local calls Local calls in fixed networks T503 National long distance calls National long distance calls in fixed networks. The fixed national (trunk) traffic consists of effective (completed) national traffic exchanged with a station outside the local charging area of the calling station. T504 Mobile calls Calls in cellular mobile networks, specified to calls within one operators networks, to another operators networks and calls to fixed networks. T5041 UMTS Total volume of data transferred (in millions of kBytes). T505 Internet calls Minutes of connection to Internet charged by minute. Any known gaps in coverage should be footnoted. T506 Fixed to mobile Calls from fixed to mobile networks T507 Mobile to fixed Calls from mobile to fixed networks. T508 Within mobile Calls within one mobile operators networks T509 Mobile to mobile Calls from one mobile operator's networks to another mobile operator's networks. T513 VoIP Internet calls using the Voice over Internet Protocol T514 Calls in roaming Originated and terminated calls

Short Message Services (SMS) (1000) T510 T511 T512 SMS Number of text messages, SMS peer to peer Added-value SMS Number of added-value SMS MMS Number of Multimedia Messaging services

International calls (1000 minutes) T403 T404 International incoming calls International incoming calls (total, all of the world), in minutes of connection International outgoing calls International outgoing calls (total, all of the world), in minutes of connection

Infrastructure (number of subcribers/users) T601 Main telephone lines A main line is a telephone line connecting the subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched network and which has a dedicated port in the telephone exchange equipment. This term is synonymous with the term main station or Direct Exchange Line (DEL) that are commonly used in telecommunication documents. It may not be the same as an access line or a subscriber. The ISDN subscriptions should not be here. Fixed wireless subscribers should also be included. Leased lines Leased lines (also known as private circuits) provide fixed unswitched communication link between two points. ISDN Number of subscriptions to the Integrated Services Digital Network, not specifying, whether basic or primary rate interface service: not number channels. DSL lines Number of broadband (256 kbit/s or more) Digital Subscriber Line subscriptions (DSL), Asymmetric (ADSL) or comparable Mobile subscriptions Subscriptions to public mobile telecommunication systems of cellular technology, including number of pre-paid cards active during a period of 90 days, GSM, GPRS, NMT, excluding 3G (UMTS). Internet subscriptions Number of Internet subscriptions Cable modem Number of subscriptions to cable networks enabling Internet use (cable modem). PLC Number of connections to the telecommunication networks through the electricity networks, Power Line Communication. UMTS Subscriptions to public mobile telecommunication systems of cellular technology enabling use of UMTS network and identified by the IMEI code. VoIP Users of Voice over Internet Protocol telephony.

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Household share (%) T602 Household share Main lines for residential use (lines serving household, i.e. lines, which are not used for business, government or other professional purposes as public telephone stations) as a percentage of all main telephone lines.